Autistic advocates fear that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to gather health information in his effort to find the root causes of autism will risk their security and infringe on their rights.
“I mean, are they having our children's data without our permission?” Tracey Thompson, who lives in Brevard County, Florida and who has two high-support needs autistic sons who are in and 22, told The Independent. “It seems something I should be able to sign up for, and that's something that they just take.”
